(The Edge Markets) – A consortium of private companies is understood to be seeking exclusive rights from the government to import hemp seeds for medicinal purposes.

The consortium is said to have written in to Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources Xavier Jayakumar and sent the same proposal in the form of a letter to the Home Ministry under Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s purview, the Health Ministry under Datuk Dzulkefly Ahmad, Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Datuk Salahuddin Ayub and Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir, among others.